Remote Lead Applied Scientist: AI Strategy & Production

Ladders

United States

Remote

USD 148,000 - 274,000

Full time

9 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Learning & growth

Flexible vacation

Mental health days

Inclusive culture

Volunteer days

Pro bono projects

Justice & transparency

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Lead Applied Scientist to shape research and applied AI directions in a complex media environment. You will lead experimentation, evaluation, and deployment to turn ML ideas into production-ready capabilities, partnering with product and engineering to influence roadmaps.

This remote role offers flexible work arrangements, competitive compensation, and opportunities to mentor scientists while solving high-value customer problems with RAG, knowledge graphs, and legal document

Qualifications

PhD or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.
7+ years hands-on experience in production IR, NLP, ML, or GenAI systems.
Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver AI capabilities.
Strong product mindset to translate customer problems into AI applications.
Proven ability to influence product roadmaps with novel methods.
Outstanding communication and analytical skills.
Deep expertise in RAG architectures and evaluation methodologies.

Responsibilities

Define research strategy aligned with the organization's AI/ML roadmap
Lead initiatives from experimentation to production-ready AI capabilities
Drive innovation in legal reasoning, document understanding, and knowledge graphs
Design and advance RAG architectures and agentic frameworks
Establish best practices and technical standards across the Labs organization
Translate customer problems into effective AI solutions
Mentor scientists and provide thought leadership in the AI community